printable

[ prin-tuh-buh l ]

/ ˈprɪn tə bəl /

adjective

capable of being printed.

suitable for publication; fit to print.

Nearby words

Origin of printable

First recorded in 1830–40; print + -able

Related formsprint·a·bil·i·ty, print·a·ble·ness, nounnon·print·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for printable

Below the image it says, "Click here to download a printable copy."
I'm Sorry, Follks, But This Really and Truly IS Wimpy|Michael Tomasky|August 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
For one, many of the “printable” brackets are really not printable.
Bracketology with Jimmy Kimmel|Pat O'Brien|March 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Let him carefully go through these, selecting all the printable ones and the pictures that he most30 admires.
Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition|Walter E. Woodbury and Frank R. Fraprie
Since coming to Tanith, he had heard about them from every Space Viking, never in complimentary and rarely in printable terms.
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper

I can write little that is printable about these aesthetic crimes.
War and the Future|H. G. Wells
"Oh, I haven't heard anything that's printable," Miss Merritt assured him, with a laugh.
Poor Relations|Compton Mackenzie
It was "printable," and it did come out in print—that was something!
Missy|Dana Gatlin

British Dictionary definitions for printable

printable

/ (ˈprɪntəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being printed or of producing a print

suitable for publication

Derived Formsprintability or printableness, noun

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Word Origin and History for printable

printable

adj.

1820 as "capable of being printed;" 1838 as "suitable to be published in print," from print (v.) + -able. Related: Printability.